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The Present is down I was in my room getting ready for the parade and to see John F Kennedy. I was so excited that I could hardly hold it in, mainly cause it was my birthday and I was turning 10. I got changed fast and turned on the TV. The News was on and it said, “This just in that John F Kennedy had just landed”. When I heard that I went crazy. My parents finally got ready and we got into the station wagon. We were on our way to the Dealey Plaza. I could hardly wait, it was the best birthday present I had ever gotten but what I did not know was that this would turn to the worst day ever. It took forever to get to the Plaza. Every couple minutes I would say “ Are we there yet?” over and over and I would always get the same answer “No, not …show more content…

When I saw that I got so excited. Soon after, at 12:30, a couple minutes went by and there he was the man himself, John F Kennedy. I went so crazy, I was about to go up to the open top limo. In a split second, there was a loud sound and John F Kennedy was shot. Then another one and it hit John F Kennedy in the face and the Texas governor went down too. The first lady Jacqueline was crawling out of the car with John F Kennedy’s blood on her pink suit when they were driving off. I was frozen in shock the thing that I did not want to happen did happen. Everyone was running for shelter. The best day of my life turned into the worst day ever. My parents picked me up and ran to the nearest drug store and watch the News. The reporter said, “A good day turned to a bad day after the president has been shot.” I look around and so many people were crying or in shock of what just happened. Then he said that they were taking him to a hospital. An hour later the reporter said, “This just in John F Kennedy is dead.” They were looking for the killer but could not find. I thought that anyone could be the killer and they could be in the drugstore even right now. I had never been more scared in my life than now. They had no

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